Cisco is abandoning the LoRaWAN space, and there's no lifeboat for IoT customers(theregister.com)

57 points by LinuxBender 2 years ago | 19 comments

Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off(theregister.com)

73 points by rntn 3 years ago | 92 comments

Australian telco cut off emergency calls, firewall upgrade linked to 3 deaths(theregister.com)

37 points by croes 1 year ago | 15 comments

ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through CG-NAT: Cloudflare(theregister.com)

37 points by throw0101a 11 months ago | 10 comments

Outdated Samsung handset linked to fatal emergency call failure in Australia(theregister.com)

54 points by doener 11 months ago | 39 comments

IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world(theregister.com)

547 points by Brajeshwar 10 months ago | 1089 comments

The Register feature marking IPv6's 30th anniversary, reviewing its history since RFC 1883 and why it hasn't replaced IPv4 yet remains relevant.

One in ten people are older than 65. Three in four live under a leader who is(hannahritchie.substack.com)

50 points by gumby 18 days ago | 22 comments

Hannah Ritchie's Substack post analyzing the ages of world leaders and how long they've held power compared to the populations they govern.

2400 phone providers may be shut down by the FCC for failing to stop robocalls(docs.fcc.gov)

450 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 274 comments

FCC news release announcing that over 2,400 voice service providers face removal from the Robocall Mitigation Database for failing to meet filing requirements.

We need to liberate the Postcode Address File(takes.jamesomalley.co.uk)

324 points by edward 2 years ago | 275 comments

James O'Malley's Substack post on a confidential UK government pilot report about an open address register, arguing the Royal Mail Postcode Address File should be freed as open data.

'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised(theguardian.com)

663 points by zeristor 1 year ago | 749 comments

Guardian article reporting campaigners' claims that people without smartphones are unfairly penalised as loyalty schemes, deals and parking increasingly require apps.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order(theregister.com)

594 points by latexr 1 year ago | 223 comments

The Register news article reporting Apple has filed a complaint with the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal challenging a government order to break iCloud encryption.